Years ago, the Reader's Digest posted a letter that a rancher, who lived near a bombing range, posted to the USAF after an enthusiastic pilot flew too low over his home.

The rancher said he was all set to sue the AF for the window breakage. When he reconsidered what the damage to his home would have been if the plane were a Russian, he backed off, but said he'd appreciate it if the pilot flew a little higher.

Yes, that would be a problem. If they would be considered as an illegal immigrant from a tracking standpoint, they they would be in the system and eventually would be nailed. At least we could make 'em look over their shoulder.

Or, if at the time they were issued a visa, they were told they would be entered into the system after expiry date, with associated penalties, maybe that would encourage them to leave on time.

These come in mainly from the Far East, Asia, etc and enter on legal visas but dont leave after the visas expire.

How hard is it, in these days of computerized everything, to set up a system where the visa's expiration date and user's ID is logged. At expiration, if the visa doesn't show the user has left, issue a Federal arrest warrant. At some point it will catch up to them.

[snip] During Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus trip last week to Africa for the swearing-in of Kenyas president, he met with the presidents of African states Gabon, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Botswana and Namibia, and with the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.

Israel sees rising African economies as potential bountiful new markets, and has reportedly signed a swathe of lucrative arms deals with several countries on the continent.

Dunno where I read it, but the FBI called in a guy for a deposition. He brought a tape recorder with him. When asked why, he said that anything said to the FBI steno was considered Holy Writ, and if a statement made later on in court didn't jibe EXACTLY with the FBI's account, he was toast.

They told him he couldn't turn the recorder on. He said he wouldn't talk without the conversation being taped. They cancelled the interview.

Same here. I place these hand-wringers in the same category as those who carp about blog pimps or are members of the Grammar Police. They try to show off their "purity" and just maintain their status as PITAs.

Massachusetts prosecutors said Thursday that they will dismiss more than 6,000 convictions tied to a former chemist who authorities say was high almost every day she worked at a state drug lab for eight years.

Makes you wonder how many innocent guys are in jail due to the "infallible" results of DNA.

I wish I could remember the specifics, and while no drugs were involved, one of those Investigation Discovery episodes had a case where a guy got convicted because the lab techs didn't properly disinfect an autopsy slab. The previous natural death guy's DNA, who the "perp" had handled, got mixed in with the next occupant who had been murdered.

A bit more topic drift, but I had my belief in DNA as proof rattled when on another show, the guy found a body in a car and reported it. When the deputy arrived, they shook hands. At some later point, the deputy placed his hand on the car and transferred microscopic skin cell samples of the citizen, who is now in prison. Some legal outfit who took the guy's case is using that to get him out. (The deputy admitted he touched the car.)

Should I were get called for a murder trial, the State had better come up with something more substantial than "microscopic" DNA evidence.

Big Deal. Many didn't see it the first time. That's funny. When I come to the site it comes up with Latest Articles so I see everything posted since the last time I came here. Does the site work differently for you? If some guy posts an article at 5 p.m. and I log on at 8 a.m. the following day, it is now five or more pages deep. I'm not about to sift through all the previous days pages to where I left off. Ergo, the article is missed.

They also have a search function, which you are supposed to use before you post. Articles come in from different sources with different titles (look at all of the posts today about Matt Lauer, for instance) but in this case it was an exact word for word match.So the guy didn't do a search - it's not the end of the world. I don't see where this is a rampant abuse, which would call for some comments. Big Deal redux.

How much money came out of your pocket We have all of those FReepathons for a reason. The bandwidth costs money.Indeed, but you contributed to the extra bandwith usage by posting a link to the initial article..

A cousin of the Grammar Police. Perhaps you should PM the Admin Moderators and ask them why they bother deleting duplicate threads. I'm sure they'd appreciate your inputThey seem to let many through, probably due to the volume, but if you feel so strongly about it, you could offer your services so you could delete them instead of making a useless snark about it.